It’s Pride Week at Lord Tweedsmuir.
Come down to your school library to check out some of our titles with LGBT+ themes, including both fiction and non-fiction.
Month: May 2024
Surrey Teens Read: VOTE!
It’s that time of the year when students from high schools all over Surrey get to weigh in on their favourite titles from the year’s selection of novels for Surrey Teens Read. A new voting format has been introduced this year. Every student gets the chance to rate each of the books that she has read. The highest rated novel will win the coveted “Book of the Year” award for Surrey Teens Read.
Go here to rate the books. Let your voice be heard!
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the day that Jews around the world remember the six million who perished in the Holocaust. In Israel it is a national day of observance known officially as Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah, in English “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day.” In addition to remembrance of the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust, the day is also used to celebrate acts of resistance and heroism on the part of survivors and allies.
This year Yom HaShoah begins on the evening of May 5 and continues until sundown on May 6.
Find out more about the Holocaust, the systematic mass-murder of more than 6 million Jews, and other groups, targeted by the Nazis and their allies:
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- Yad Veshem / World Holocaust Remembrance Center
- Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
- United States Holocaust Museum
May is Jewish Heritage Month in Canada
Celebrate Jewish Heritage Month in by learning more about the Jewish people, Judaism, and the history and culture of Jews in Canada and around the world. Come down to your School Library to find out more.
World Press Freedom Day
May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day, as established by UNESCO / United Nations. The freedom of the press is essential to the establishment and health of democracy. In our world of social media, misinformation, disinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories, more than ever we need a free, independent, professional and ethical press.
Find out more:
- UNESCO
- United Nations
- Reporters Without Borders
- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Watch
- News Literacy Project
May is Asian Heritage Month
Join us in your School Library as we celebrate Asian Heritage Month in May. Canada is a country filled with people who have backgrounds and heritage from all over the globe, including the vast landmass we call Asia. Canada has a long history of immigrants coming from such places as China, India, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and the many other nations of Asia, including places in the west of the continent such as Syria, Iraq, Georgia, Israel and Palestine. Be sure to visit us, both in person and online, to find out more.
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Library 